Hatfield police identify theft suspect

Surveillance photo of automobile believed to have been used by subjects wanted in theft from ShopRite in Hatfield. (submitted )

Reporter Staff

HATFIELD TWP — Police have identified a Philadelphia man as one of the people who allegedly stole money and a credit card from an elderly woman in the township last week.

“As a result of the extensive media coverage, the Hatfield Township Police received multiple calls and were able to identify the male theft suspect as David Tillery of the 2300 block of North Natrona Street Philadelphia,” according to a press release from the police department. An arrest warrant for David Tillery has been issued; he is facing charges including forgery, access device fraud and theft.

The elderly woman was allegedly targeted by Tillery and a female suspect, who has not yet been publicly identified, while she was inside the ShopRite on Forty Foot Road in Hatfield Township. Tillery allegedly distracted the older woman while the female suspect removed the woman’s change purse, which contained money and a Kohl’s charge card, according to police. Surveillance video reportedly shows the suspects leaving the parking lot in a grey Mazda with tinted windows; the car appears to have a New York license plate, police said.

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About 10 minutes later, a surveillance video allegedly shows Tillery and the female, who is described as a heavyset black woman in her mid-40s wearing a white shirt, using the stolen credit card to buy about $1,200 worth of merchandise from the Kohl’s Department Store at 2333 Welsh Road in Hatfield Township.